Maryland (20-26, 6-15 Big Ten) at Penn State (25-17, 12-12 Big Ten)
May 2-4, 2025
Medlar Field at Lubrano Park
4:00 PM (DH), TBD*
B1G+
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Maryland continues its eight-game road swing this weekend with a trip to Happy Valley to take on Penn State. It has been a close all-time series between the two programs, with the Terrapins holding a slight advantage with a 21-19 record. The two programs met last year in College Park to close out the regular season, with Penn State winning all three games in the weekend series.
* - Due to inclement weather in the forecast for this weekend's series, Maryland and Penn State will now play a doubleheader on Friday starting at 4 PM. The final game of the weekend will be played on either Saturday or Sunday as weather is monitored throughout the weekend.
The Terrapins are coming off as a road midweek loss to DMV foe Georgetown 11-8. Hollis Porter led the way offensively, clubbing a pair of home runs and driving in five runs. The Terps mounted a late comeback in the ninth inning, loading the bases with no outs. The Terps would close the deficit to three, with runners on the corners. A popup would end the threat and the comeback bid would fall just short.
Year Two For Calarco
- Alex Calarco is having a career year in year two in College Park. Calarco continues to be one of the top hitters in the nation. Calarco ranks among some of the top hitters in multiple categories as the team reaches the midpoint of the season.
- Calarco's 16 home runs this season are the 15th-most in the nation and tied for the fourth-most in the Big Ten. Calarco was the first player to reach double-digit home runs nationally. Calarco has 57 RBI on the year, which are tied for the second-most in the Big Ten.
- Calarco was named as one of 45 players to the Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List. The Golden Spikes Award is given annually to the best amateur baseball player in the country. Calarco is the first Maryland player to feature on the midseason watch list since Matt Shaw in 2023.
Alex Calarco continues to lead the Terrapins' offense in multiple categories and be one of the best hitters in the country. Calarco ranks in the top-25 in both home runs and RBI this season, while hitting for a .298 batting average.
McCoy's Brilliance On The Mound
- Redshirt sophomore Kyle McCoy has returned to the Terrapins' rotation in 2025 after missing the 2024 season due to injury. In his return, McCoy turned in an impressive performance so far and leads the Terps pitching staff in multiple categories. Through eight starts, McCoy has a 4-2 record with a 3.27 ERA and 60 strikeouts.
- McCoy tied his longest outing of his career against USF, going eight innings. The start for McCoy was his third consecutive with seven or more strikeouts. McCoy only allowed one earned run in the outing, with four outings this season where the lefty has allowed zero or one earned run.
- McCoy has been very effective in his first season back from injury. McCoy has had five or more strikeouts in seven of his last nine outings, holding a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 3.5:1. McCoy has thrown the second-most innings in the conference this season and has allowed just 17 walks across his 66 innings pitched this season.
In his return to the mound after an injury that kept him out for the entire 2024 season,
Kyle McCoy has been phenomenal on the mound for Maryland. The redshirt sophomore pitcher has a 4-2 record with a 3.27 ERA and 60 strikeouts
Walk it Out
- The Terps' offense continues to be patient at the plate, leading the conference in walks with 269 and ranking 10th in the country. The Terps have four players who rank in the top 25 in the conference in walks this season.
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Brayden Martin leads the bunch with 46 walks, the most in the Big Ten and ranking as the ninth-most nationally. That total for Martin is also one of the highest in single-season for a Terp, tied for the fifth-most in program history.
- Checking in next is Alex Calarco. Calarco has 34 walks on the year, tied for the ninth-most in the Big Ten. Chris Hacopian follows with 33 walks this season, tied for 12th in the conference. Closing out the list for Maryland is Elijah Lambros, who is tied for 22nd in the Big Ten with 27 walks.
Brayden Martin leads the Terps with 46 walks on the season. The Terps have a total of 269 walks on the season, which lead the Big Ten and rank 10th nationally.
Scouting The Nittany Lions
- Penn State enters the weekend series after losing on the road to UCLA in conference play. Penn State took the lead late in game one, scoring four runs in the top of the ninth. UCLA would come up in the bottom half of the inning, scoring two runs for a 7-6 walk-off win. The Nittany Lions battled in both of the final games of the weekend, but could not get a win in either contest.
- Offensively, Penn State is led in batting average and home runs by Paxton Kling. Kling has a .321 average with 12 homers, adding 42 RBI in 42 games. Jesse Jaconski leads the team in RBI with 46 on the season. Penn State leads the Big ten in stolen bases with 90 on the year. The team is led by Ryan Weingartner with 24 stolen bases, good for the most in the Big Ten.
- On the pitching side Ryan DeSanto leads the Nittany Lions staff with a 7-1 record, adding a 3.58 ERA and 58 strikeouts across 55.1 innings. DeSanto's seven wins this season are tied for the second-most in the Big Ten and his 58 strikeouts are tied for 10th in the conference. Leading the team in appearances is Anthony Steele with 19. Steel has thrown 28.2 innings on the mound and struck out 40 batters.
Stanley Bobb Baseball Player Development Center
- On Wednesday, Jan. 14, Maryland unveiled the new Stanley Bobb Baseball Performance Center. This will serve as the new indoor training facility for the Maryland Baseball program.
- This new state-of-the-art facility will allow baseball student-athletes the opportunity to train year round in a controlled environment, allowing them to continue to hone their skills regardless of the conditions.
- The 8,500 square foot facility will have defined spaces for both pitchers and hitters in a climate controlled environment. The facility features state-of-the-art technology.
- This project is one of the many as part of Maryland's Building Champions initiative, a campaign that enables investment in facility renovation and enhancement.
- The facility is named after the late Stanley Bobb, who pitched for the Terps from 1954-57. A member of the Greater Washington Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, Bobb was the starting pitcher in the dedication game at then-Shipley Field in 1954.
Last month, Maryland opened the Stanley Bobb Baseball Player Development Center. The 8,500 square foot facility will have defined spaces for both pitchers and hitters in a climate controlled environment. The facility features state-of-the-art technology and will allow baseball student athletes to train year-round regardless of the conditions
